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* Dr. Melvin Eugene Banks, Sr. '''+1957-2021''' (b. 1934 Birmingham, [[Alabama|AL]] - d. 2021 Chi., IL), son of Shirley Banks. In 1940, he resided with his sister Margaret with their maternal grandparents, Lemuel "Lem" Ellis (b. 1878/1881 AL - d. 1954) & Clemmie Riddle Ellis (b. 1882 AL - d. 1941 Birmingham, AL). Lem was employed in 1920 in the coger stock house for Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, previously known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloss_Furnaces Sloss Furnaces], founded by a co-founder of Birmingham. In 1926 he worked as a chauffeur, and 1940 as a truck driver.
* Olive Gertrude Perkins Banks '''+1957-current''' (b. 1935 Sturgis, MI), daughter of Joseph Harrison Perkins (b. 1905 Crab Orchard, KY - d. 1965 Centreville, St. Joseph, MI) & Olive Gertrude Davison Pannell-Perkins (b. 1904 Sturgis, MI - d. 1947 Battle Creek, MI). In 1940, Joseph Perkins was employed with George Freeman's manufacturing company in Sturgis, which in 1908 was located in Racine, WI and produced folding chairs used in cars.
==Benjamin family==
Chicago Tribune [https://www.newspapers.com/image/389458133 1991-2-3]: "James L. Benjamin, age 65, proud Army veteran of the Korean War, loving husband of Katie Kutters, nee Mive; beloved father of Sidney D., Randall K., and Esther D., and stepfather to Linda M., Eugene P. and Patricia A. Lewis; dear grandfather of 13; fond nephew of Florine. Services Sunday, 7:30pm at West Lawn Gospel Chapel, 2115 S. St. Louis. Interment will be at V.A. Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI."
* James L. Benjamin '''+1991''' (1926-1991)
* Katie Mive Kutters-Benjamin
==Johnson family==
=Sources=
* Ancestry.com
* Chicago Tribune
